If you could only fanboy either Solid Snake or CW Arrow for the rest of your life, who would you choose?

Metal Gear, along with Dragon Ball, are at the top of my fandoms. I consider those franchises a significant part of my life and identity.

I mean, I love my immediate family more. I love my siblings more. Probably love my parents more... but cousins, grandmas, aunts and uncles, and friends... sorry, you all take a backseat to Metal Gear and Dragon Ball, lol.

Arrow is on the next tier of my fandoms, along with Resident Evil. So suffice to say, much as I ADORE Oliver Queen, he takes a back seat to Solid Snake, no hesitation.

I used to be the world's biggest MCU fan. But unfortunately, to be honest, I think I'm getting tired of it... ironically I think Joss Whedon made THE greatest MCU film, at the expense of ruining the rest of the MCU forever. Because I remember when The Avengers first came out, and we were all surprised at how much of a comedy it was. The prior films all had a fantastic sense of humor which was praised as one of their best attributes, but The Avengers took it to the next level, and we all loved it. The fact that there can be a YouTube video titles "20 funniest moments in The Avengers!" shows how much of a comedy it was.

And that worked for The Avengers... but it worked so well, that every single following film did the same thing. Phase 1 actually had really interesting, really INSPIRED stories and established very strong characters which is what got me hooked. Nowadays we get very superficial character development and bland plots, it all feels dumbed down and... meaningless.

I don't think "stakes" is the problem, I hate that buzzword or cliche word that everyone throws around to try and sound smart. Stakes isn't the problem, Ragnarok endedwith all of Asgard being destroyed, but the in-universe stakes did not stop the film from feeling dumbed down. I'm more interested by out of universe stakes. Meaning a film doesn't have to be about the fate of an entire world, it can be about the fate of just one person but if it does something interesting, it'll feel more intense. Look at Deadpool and Logan.

I'm actually more interested in the DCEU at this point, not just for the stories, but I'm also intrigued by the story behind the industry. The DCEU is like an ambitious underdog who I can't help but cheer for. The MCU at this point is Apollo Creed; comfortable, established, lazy, untouchable. The DCEU is Rocky Balboa.

Alright, so we're not actually half-brothers, lol. We do know each other in real life though. I lived in his area when I was younger for a few years and went to school with him, and we became good friends. Afterwards I had to leave and move to England because of my dad's work and that was it, I didn't really keep in contact with him. Then I was lurking the site and came across a user called "NickZambuto", his real name. That's what prompted me to make an account and message him, which is how we got back into contact again.

We were friends like 10 years ago until he went back to British land. The one good thing about making my username just my real name is that he noticed me and created an account, but this actually happens more often than you'd expect, not just with Lub. This Comic Vine account is the first thing that comes up when you internet search my name. I've had a ton of people I know in real life find my Comic Vine account or other accounts I have like IGN, and that was a contributing factor to making this new account, I was kind of embarrassed because people figured out thought I was a nerd. On the flipside, knowing my real name allowed a few people to cyberstalk and harass me, which was humiliating. So perhaps such an uncreative username was a mistake, but it allowed Lub and I to get back into contact. We haven't met again in person though because he's still in Great Britain or whatever.